A member of the majority using the possessive about any member of a minority is always, ALWAYS a social faux pas.
homosexuality
fat
I had seen "Mean Girls" and everything, but didn’t actually know that losing weight was going to subject me to jokes that a few months prior I would have thought were directed at me.
race
I don’t know exactly when it became completely okay to ask a random stranger which one of their progenitors stepped outside the narrow queue of their own race and decided to knock boots with someone of another race.
politics
Ellen Sturtz wasn't just rude. She also wasted $500 on a pointless exercise.
lesbian
I’m gay, not a sexual deviant. Explaining my sex life is getting exhausting.
cell phone
Dare to cast the cell phone user a censuring glance for violating the law, common courtesy, posted signs or privacy, and they'll look at you as though you proposed exhuming their grandmothers and urinating on them.
race
There’s one line that I’ve always found particularly interesting:"You’re so pretty. You look mixed."
rudeness
There comes a time when total strangers can assess your naked ring finger and find it lacking.
rudeness
Some of what follows may seem nasty, aggressive, even dick-headed or preachy. Just so we’re clear -- it’s meant to be. I’m fed up.
calming down
Or "chill out" or "settle down" or "take it down a notch."
advice
I thought I was "irreverent" and "funny," but turns out I'm actually "bitchy" and "rude." Do I have to start being pleasant all the time?
pregnancy
It Happened to Me!
biting
Unless you also want to get bitten.
advice
How do I deal with a deskmate who WON'T STOP TALKING?
